DECEMBER 15, 1916 



HONEY MARKETS 



CHICAGO. — Comb honey drags; otherwise there 

 is not much change in values other than a stronger 

 tone in extracted of all grades. 



Chicago, Hi., Dec. 11. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



DETROIT. — Extracted honey is scarce; selling 

 from store, 9 to 10 ; comb has a good demand at 

 15 to 16; extra fancy 16 to 17. 



Detroit, Mich., Dec. 7. F. P. Reynolds Co. 



CLEVELAND.- — Supply and demand are both 

 moderate ; very little call for any except fancy and 

 No. 1 grades. We quote fancy, per case, $3.75 to 

 $4.00; No. 1, $3.50 to $3.65; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.40. 



Cleveland, O., Dec. 6. C. Chandler's Sons. 



PITTSBURG. — No change in price or condition to 

 report. We quote extra fancy comb, $3.75 to $4.00; 

 No. 1, $3.50 to $3.75; fancy buckwheat, $3.25 to 

 $3.50; No. 1, buckwheat, $3.00. W. E. Osborn Co. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 8. 



TORONTO. — Prices are unchanged since last is- 

 sue. Comb honey which is now on the market sells 

 as follows: No. 1, per case, $2.40 per doz.; No. 2, 

 $2.25. Eby-Blain Limited. 



Toronto, Ont., Dec. 6. 



HAMILTON. — Honey is going slowly this week. 

 Only small lots are moving. We quote extra fane)-, 

 per case, $2.50; No. 1, $2.25; No. 2, $1.60. White 

 extracted honey, per lb., brings 12 in 60-lb. tins ; 

 light amber, in cans, 10. F. W. Fearman Co. Ltd. 



Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 7. MacNab Street Branch. 



BUFFALO. — Receipts of honey are more liberal 

 with trade very quiet and stock accumulating in re 

 reiver's hands. We quote extra fancy, per case, 15 

 to 151/2 ; fancy, 141/2 ; No. 1, 14 to 14% ; No. 2, 11 

 to 13. White extracted honey brings 8 to 8i/^; 

 light amber, in cans, 7 V2 ; amber, in cans, 6 to 7. 

 Clean average yellow beeswax brings 32 to 33. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 8. Gleason & Lansing. 



BOSTON. — The sale of honey is somewhat neglect- 

 ed owing to Thanksgiving trade, holiday goods 

 taking the lead. A healthy demand is present 

 most of the time. We quote extra fancy comb 

 honey, per case, $3.50; fancy, $3.25; No. 1, $3.00; 

 No. 2, $2.50. White extracted honey brings 9% 

 to 12, according to quality and size of package. 



Boston, Mass., Dec. 7. Blake Lee Co. 



ST. LOUIS.- — Southern extracted and strained — 

 bright amber in barrels at SVz and 6c per pound, 

 in cans at 6 and 6% ; dark V2 and Ic less. Comb, 

 in cases — amber at 10 and 12c ; dark and inferior at 

 9 and lie per pound; broken and leaking at 7 and 

 8c; fancy clover at 14 and 17c. Comb, in cases 

 (24 cartons) — fancy clover at $2.75 and $3.00, am- 

 ber at $2.50 and $2.75, Southern at $2; inferior less. 

 — St. Louis Globe Democrat. 



KANSAS CITY. — The demand for honey is very 

 limited, and the high freight rates have curtailed the 

 country consumption. Less honey is selling now 

 than we ever knew at this time of the year. We 

 quote fancy, per case, $2.80 to $2.90; No. 1, $2.80 to 

 $2.90; No. 2, $2.60 to $2.65. Light amber extracted 

 honey in cans brings 8; amber, iVz- Clean average 

 yellow beeswax brings per lb. 25. 



C. C. Clemens Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 7. 



SAN FRANCISCO. — Light demand on comb hon- 

 ey ; trade generally well supplied; tendency is down- 

 ward rather than firm market. Extracted of light 

 grades in good request, and a free movement for all 

 grades of extracted actually exists. White extracted 

 is closely cleaned up, and wanted. Dealers find low 

 grades in short supply. We quote extra fancy comb 

 honey, per case, $3.25 to $3.50; fancy, $3.00 to 

 $3.10; No. 1, $2.40 to $2.65; No. 2, $1.50 to $2.00. 

 White extracted honey per lb. is nominal; extra light 

 amber, in cans, 7 1^ to 8 ; light amber, in cans, 7 to 

 7 Vz ; amber, in cans, 5 to 6 i/^ . Clean average yellow 

 beeswax brings 26 to 29. Leutzinger & Lane. 



San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 23. 



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PHILADELPHIA. — Comb honey is moving slow- 

 ly. There is a fair inquiry for extracted honey, all 

 grades. There is a somewhat better demand for 

 country beeswax at prices quoted. Extra fancy comb, 

 per case, 16; fancy, 15 to 16; No. 1, 13 to 14; 

 No. 2, 11 to 12; white extracted honey brings 8 to 9 ; 

 light amber, in cans, 7 to 7% ; amber, in cans, 6 to 

 7. Clean average yellow beeswax brings 29 to 31. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7. Chas. Munder. 



.VLBANY. — Comb honey is moving slowly, but 

 working off better than it would if weather were 

 colder as usual this month. There is an increased 

 demand for extracted, especially white clover or 

 basswood. We quote fancy, per case, 15 ; No. 1, 14 ; 

 No. 2, 11 to 13. White extracted honey brings 8 to 

 8 1/2 ; light amber, in cans, 7 i/^ ; amber buckwheat, in 

 cans, 7, Clean average yellow beeswax, per lb. 

 brings 30 to 32. H. R. Wright. 



Albany, N. 1., Dec. 8. 



LOS ANGELES. — These prices are what the re- 

 tailer pays our wholesale customers, not what we 

 are buying at. We quote extra fancy comb honey, 

 per case, $4.25; fancy, $3.85; No. 1, $3.25; No. 2, 

 $2.50. White .extracted honey brings 8Vz; light 

 amber, in cans, 8 ; amber, 7 ; in barrels, not used. 

 Clean average yellow beeswax brings 35. 



Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 6. Geo. L. Emerson. 



DENVER. — We quote fancy white comb honey, 

 per case of 24 sections, $2.84 ; No. 1 white comb hon- 

 ey, per case, $2.70; No. 2, per case, $2.57; white ex- 

 tracted honey brings 8% to 9 ; light-amber extracted, 

 8 to 8 % . The above are our jobbing quotations. 

 We are in the market for beeswax, and are paying 

 28 cts. in cash and 30 in trade for clean yellow stock 

 delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-Producers' Ass'n. 



Denver, Col., Dec. 1. 



ST. LOUIS. — We have no great demand for comb 

 honey, as weather so far is too mild. The supply here 

 is fully ample for the demand. Extracted honey is 

 moving much better, but prices remain about same as 

 our last quotation. We quote extra fancy, per case, 

 $3.75; fancy, $3.50; No. 1, $3.00 to $3.25; No. 2, 

 $2.50 to $2.75. Light amber extracted honey in 

 cans brings 9 to 10; amber, 60-lb. cans, TV2 to 8 ; in 

 barrels, 7. Clean average yellow beeswax brings 

 311/^. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 7. 



TEXAS. — The honey is just about all in, also 

 out. The last honey was disposed of as fast as 

 could be gotten ready for the market by beekeepers 

 of this section, also at one and two cents better than 

 the prices for earlier honey, notwithstanding the 

 earlier honey was of better grade. We quote No. 1 

 comb honey, per case, 10 to 11 cts. in two 60- 

 pound cans; No. 2, amber bulk in two 60-lb. cans, 

 7 to 9. Light-amber extracted honey, in cans, 8 to 

 9 ; amber, in cans, 6 to 8. Clean average yellow 

 beeswax brings 26 to 28. J. A. Simmons. 



Sabinal, Texas, Dec. 8. 



LIVERPOOL. — Steady prices in good demand; 

 1800 packages sold as follows: Jamaica, palish, 

 $10.56 per cwt. ; Jamaica, dark to amber, $8.16 to 

 $9.84; St. Lucia, dark, $8.16 to $9.00; Haiti, dark, 

 $7.92 to $9.72; Cuban, dark to pale, $7.44 to 

 $12.00; San Domingo, dark to amber, $8.52 to 

 $9.60; Honolulu, $9.00 to $9.84; Chilian, pile X, 

 $10.80 to $11.52; Chilian, pile 1, $9.84 to $10.32; 

 to $8.52. Firm Jamaica beeswax, dark to good pale, 

 brings $37.02 to $40.68 per cwt.; Chilian, $38.88 to 

 Chilian, pile 2, $9.12 to $9.60; Chilian, pile 3, $8.16 

 $39.48; West African, $38.88; East African, $39.48. 



Liverpool, Eng., Nov. 24. Taylor & Company. 



MEDINA. — The offerings of comb continue un- 

 expectedly heavy, and western stocks are offered by 

 distributors in the East in lots of ten cases or more 

 at ridiculously low prices. Nothing could be more 

 detrimental to the market than the present offerings. 

 (See Wesley Foster's comments in Gleanings, Dec. 

 1). We hope, however, for an improvement after 

 the holidays, as we do not believe the stocks are as 

 excessive as offerings indicate. No new developments 

 in the extracted market. The A. I. Root Co. 



